Released 2002 Artist Te Vaka Genre World | Nukukehe
(2002) Tutuki
(2004) Release date 2002 Label Warm Earth Records | |
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Similar Tutuki, Olatia, Te Vaka, Putumayo Presents | ||
Nukukehe, released in 2002, is the third album by the Oceanic group, Te Vaka.
Contents
This album is dedicated to Greenpeace and all the other environmental groups around the world for caring enough to do something about it. The song "Sei Ma Le Losa" was written for David McTaggart, who was killed in a car accident the previous year.
"Loimata e Maligi" (lit. "Let the Tears Fall Down") was written in memory of 19 girls who lost their lives in a fire at Motufoua Secondary School in Vaitupu, Tuvalu, in 2000. The song was reworked as "An Innocent Warrior" for the 2016 Walt Disney Pictures film Moana.
Track listing
- "Nukukehe" (3:36)
- "Manatu" (4:55)
- "Sei Ma Le Losa" (4:04)
- "Pukepuke Te Pate" (2:37)
- "Alamagoto" (3:41)
- "Tamatoa" (3:43)
- "Luelue" (2:40)
- "Toku Matua" (4:37)
- "Loimata e Maligi" (3:31)
- "Haloa Olohega" (3:13)
- "Sapasui" (2:26)
- "Te Hiva" (3:00)
- "Tesema" (3:28)
- "Te Vaka Ka Fano" (4:55)
Tracks 4,7,8,9,10,11 were written by Opetaia Foa'i. All other tracks were written by Opetaia Foa'i and Malcolm Smith with the exception of the very beginning of track 14 which is a traditional song. Nukukehe was nominated for "Best Roots Album" in the New Zealand music awards. It was also nominated for Audience Choice and Asia Pacific category in the BBC 3 World music awards.
Songs
1Nukukehe3:36
2Manatu4:58
3Sei ma le losa4:07